Funeral Held For Colorful Tucsonan 101
George N. Putnam, a longtime Tucson resident and one of the citys most colorful pioneers, died at 101. Services were set for 2 p.m. at a local mortuary followed by burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Born in 1850 on the St Lawrence River, he arrived in Arizona in 1866 and Tucson in 1867. He claimed a life formula of eating, smoking, gambling, and tequila, and lived in Prescott before moving to Tucson in the past decade.
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Tucson
George N. Putnam
Evergreen Cemetery
Putnam
St. Lawrence River
New York
Arizona
Board of Supervisors Denies 3 Liquor License Applications
Three liquor license petitions were denied by Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. Protests were filed against Morning Star Grocery, Western and Stop and Go Market licenses. Three other applications were referred to the state liquor control director for action.
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Board of Supervisors
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
State Liquor Control
John V. Camilleri
Morning Star
North 32Nd Street
Vern Smith
North 47Th Avenue
47Th
Glendale Avenues
Robert Francis Grimm
North Fourth Avenue
West Indian School Road
Smith
D. P. Kimball
Grimm
Josephine Klein
M. P
East Washington Street
Key Tung Fong
Key’s Market
East Broadway
Reese J. Charlebois
Avenue J
Bert’s Place
van Buren Street
Paul G. Morris
Record Maricopa County Fair draws 36541 attendance
Special to The Gazette Mesa March 5 Third annual Maricopa County Fair and Horse Show closes with a record 36541 attendees 4001 on final day including about 2500 for the night horse show 216 horses entered compete in windup events Bert Spear of Phoenix shows two brother horses tied to a four wheeled buggy Curtiss Candy Company six pony hitch draws big crowds Winners in horse show events include Dolly Delno Coulson Memorial trophy first place Margo Burchell riding for Burchell Stables and other top finishers multiple stakes prizes total prize pools for events reach 250 to 25 with various owners and stables named.
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Gazette
Bert Spear
Phoenix
Brotherehorses
Curtiss Candy Company
Gladys Busby
Chandler
Carl Heidemann
Mesa
Anna Fogie
Tolleson
Salmon
Maricopa County
Rancho Honora
Encino
Calif
Gordon Murphy
Bethany Artist
Bethany Farm
J. A. Cuddihy
Olwen Beach
Desert Holiday
Cloud’s Lady
Baldy
Ted Woods, Jr
Wickenburg
Frank D. McMahon
C. L. Bohall
Kentucky Nuisance
May Coverdale
Dawn Patrol
Mountainview Stable
Gene Eaton
Tennessee Walking Horse Stake
Tennessee Walking Horse Club
Mae Sisk
Ean. Sisk
Midnight Star
Skyway Ranchero
Glendale
Russell Albert
Bob Campbell
Black Knight
Bill Eaton
Black Parader
Dr. W. E. Rowlands
Oenix
King and Princess Improve From Illness
London, March 5. King George VI and Princess Elizabeth, both treated for feverish colds, were reported improving today. The king has been ill since last Wednesday and remains abed at Buckingham Palace.
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London
George VI
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Free Water Taps End for Phoenix Contractors
Phoenix contractors face enforcement of a city water ordinance after three were found tapping fire plugs for construction water without permission or payment. One contractor has been billed $165 for repairs and water. taps require a permit and a key deposit.
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Dario Travaini
Phoenix
Stan Roth
Roth
Hughes Buys Two Tracts In Tucson
In Tucson on march 5 AP Howard Hughes has purchased two large land tracts near the Catalina foothills and East Broadway for 137 thousand dollars. An eighty acre parcel east of Swan Road on East Broadway sold for 100 thousand to Hughes representatives. The foothills site near Pontotoc Road covers 467 acres and sold for 37 thousand.
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Tucson
Howard Hughes
Catalina Foothills
East Broadway
Swan Road
Hughes Representatives
Pontotoc Road
Greyhound Charges Bus Batteries
Thirty six busses parked since the Greyhound bus strike began Friday were having their batteries charged today. The shop foreman said the giants of the highways were kept ready to roll at a moment's notice. Negotiations in San Francisco between the American Federation of Labor Motor Coach Employer Union and the union over pay boosts continued in the Bay City as they sought a deal on mileage and hourly raises.
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Greyhound
Harry Schutz
A. A. Baker
American Federation of Labor Motor Coach
San Francisco
Bay City
Robbery at Glendale station nets $60 in 4th holdup
Leonard Grubbs, 24, a service station attendant, reports two gunmen wearing air force uniforms robbed the Whiting Brothers station in Glendale, taking about $60 from the register. He recalls a prior December robbery at a Tempe Whiting Brothers station where $35 was stolen after a slugging. The suspects fled in an old model car.
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Leonard Grubbs
Grubbs
Whiting Brothers
Glendale
Tempe
Kiamy Brothers Complete Five Stores and Two Offices
Philip J. Kiamy and Joseph M. Kiamy finished five stores facing McDowell Road and two offices on 18th Street. They moved their shoe store from 1714 East McDowell Road into a new space and plan to lease the remaining units.
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McDowell Road
18Th Street
Philip J. Kiamy
Kiamy
Children’s Shoes
Joseph M. Kiamy
East
Adventist Conference in Phoenix Reports Gains and Reelects Officers
Arizona Conference officers were reelected at the seventh biennial meeting in Phoenix. Delegates from 111 churches heard reports of record tithe offerings totaling 266,782 dollars and 93,638 dollars to foreign missions, plus 61,775 pieces of literature and 640 Bibles distributed by Adventist youth.
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Seventh Day Adventist
Arizona
G. H. Rustad
Arizona Academy
Phoenix
M. E. Hagen
Romeo Hubbs
Ellis Storing
Home Missionary
Sabbath School
Dorcas Societies
Frank Daugherty
Holbrook
Marvin Walter
Monument Valley
Utah
Leon G. Harding
G. E. Smith
Ira Stahl
Robbery Sentence for Tempe Man Aligns With Probation
Clifford Lee Allen, 22, a Tempe district salesman, pled guilty to robbery while on probation and received seven to ten years in Arizona prison. The term runs concurrently with an assault with intent to commit morals offense sentence revoked probation. Also, Charles L. Rust, 36, of Mesa, drew 90 days in county jail for drunk driving with prior conviction.
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Clifford Lee Allen
Tempe
Arizona
Allen
Maricopa County
Dudley W. Windes
Charles L. Rust
Fender
Mesa
Oceanic cable laying requires extra slack distance
When laying cables under the ocean, 108 miles of cable are laid for every 100 miles of distance to be covered to ensure the necessary slack is achieved along the route.
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Prescott
NAVY
E. E Adams
L. G. Hackney
Bowling Green
R. S. Snedigar
Safford
Allen Ross
Burbank
Dolly Delno Coulson
Usly
Burchell
el Paso
Tex
Margo Burchell
Berserk
Bud‘s Stables
Bud Templin
Chanute
Anne Ashton
Jack Willsey
Scott’s Rebel
Kay Salmon
Miss Fortune
Countryside Stable
Roy E. Coulson
Mrs. Riney B
Arizona Horse Lovers Club
Kendare
Kendare Farms
Douglas Robb, Jr
Bethany Pride
Jack Shafer
C. C. Tucker
el. Paso
E. E. Scott
W. J. Fawett, Jr
Durango
Colo
Earl Skinner
Anacacho Evening
Glassleigh Farms
Thomas Glass
Travaini
Fire Department
Water Department
Hughes
Mom
Sue
Friendly Convenient
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
David
North First Street
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